Photo taken July 7, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 27 Honourable Mention
Photo taken July 7, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 26 Honourable Mention
Photo taken July 3, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 26
This was not a fruitful week - scheduling and weather kept me from getting out to shoot. Even a holiday long weekend didn't help. Between Sunday, June 27 and Saturday, July 3, my only decent shots were of the moon...
Photo taken July 3, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 25 Honourable Mention
Into the clouds the moon fell, disappearing in a matter of minutes.
Photo taken June 25, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 25
Our short season is finally giving us a variety of beautiful flowers, gowing under hot sunny skies. Summer in the north is short - but oh, so wonderful. (HDR effect achieved with Topaz Adjust Plugin.)
Photo taken June 22, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 24
The moon showed her profile, and I was able to get some really clear and sharp shots. She was low in the sky - hence the brownish tinge.
Photo taken June 19, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 23
The daisies aare back, growing wild all over my yard and up through the gravel of my driveway! I hate to mow the grass!
Photo taken June 12, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 22 Honourable Mention
My neighbour says that these flowers are on a wild cherry tree, but I'm not sure. I love this photo, though...
Photo taken June 3, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 22
I love the look of these, though I have no idea what they are! They were growing in mass in a flower bed down the street, and were quite lovely.
Photo taken June 5, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 21
This creek filled with spring runoff was enhanced with the Topaz Simplify plugin for photoshop elements. I like how it takes a rather boring shot and turns it into something more. I'm focusing my weekly shots on natural scenes, but this was so pretty I had to include it.
Photo taken May 26, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 20
A new field, big sky, and a barn in the distance. It must be spring in the countryside...
Photo taken May 19, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 19 Honourable Mention
After the dandelions, the next flowers to brave the spring were the daffodils.
Photo taken May 13, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 19
I love this pic of McQueen Slough just outside Dawson Creek. Birds and ducks were plentiful, and the water was beautiful.
Photo taken May 9, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 18
Once spring finally arrived, the first flowers to bloom were - of course - the dandelions!
Photo taken May 6, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
looking @ 2010 ~ Week 17
Under a big sky, fields of brown and pale green showed that spring was finally making her appearance.
Photo taken April 29, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 16
Though the snow was finally gone, nothing was growing yet. So I fell back on cut flowers to give me colour.
Photo taken April 19, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 15 Honourable Mention
The Japanese Maples in Nashville, Centenial Park were so lovely - I had to include them.
Photo taken April 11, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 15
This Canada Goose on the still lake gave a wonderful mirror effect.
Photo taken April 11, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 14 Honourable Mention
This photo of a Great Blue Heron was a very close second to the Oklahoma Redbud - so much so that I really wanted to include it. I saw several Blue Herons in Nashville, and loved getting the shot of this one next to an algae covered pond.
Photo taken April 9, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 14
With the north still snow covered, I ventured south to Nashville for a holiday. The Oklahoma Redbud was in full bloom, and it was stunning. I drank in the colour.
Photo taken April 7, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 13
More closeup work. Double trouble? or just Dubble Bubble?
Photo taken March 29, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 12
This young raven was one of a pair who were playing a game of passing a twig back and forth. It was fun to watch!
Photo taken March 25, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 11
The sparrows and chickadees returned to my front yard this week! Still cold, with lots of snow - but a sure sign that spring is coming!
Photo taken March 20, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 10
Handheld macro using my new (at the time) Canon 100mm 2.8 L IS.
Photo taken March 11, 2010.
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 9 Honourable Mention
Though I love the moon shot, I couldn't let the week pass without including the mother and calf that wandered down the back alley behind my office one Tuesday afternoon. This is how you know you live in the rural north!
Photo taken March 2, 2010
Looking @ 2010 ~ Week 9
I love this shot of the moon setting behind the windmills at the edge of town.
Photo taken March 3, 2010 at 7:50am.
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 8
More indoor plants, because living things are precious.
Photo taken February 23, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 7
I couldn't mark the year without at least one photo illustratig the Olympics in Vancouver. I couldn't be there, but cheered on Canada for hours each day!
Photo taken February 20, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 6
In the winter you eyes begin to search for colour like a man in the desert searching for water. Flowers are appreciated in all forms - even window clings...
Photo taken February 11, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 5
A late rising sun combined with a late setting moon allows for scenes like this - taken at 9:06am.
Photo taken February 1, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 4
When everything outside is sleeping under the snow, you look for growth on the inside...
Photo taken January 26, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 3
Freezing and melting and freezing again. The ice can be a beautiful thing.
Photo taken January 17, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 2
A lovely winter's day - see how long the shadows are at 1:19 in the afternoon?
Photo taken January 13, 2010
Looking at 2010 ~ Week 1
Since my Project 365 is over I'm creating a collection of 52 photos representing 2010 - one from each week. In week one the frog brings luck for the new year.
Photo taken January 5, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
A Year in Review
I thought it would be cool to make a mosiac of all my monthly mosiacs from my Project 365 - a year's worth of photos in one! It was so weird not to be thinking about my "photo of the the day" today. I still had my camera with me, and actually took some really nice landscapes. I'm glad that I decided to continue on with a "Photo of the Week."
Monday, May 31, 2010
Project 365 ~ May 2010 (Final Month!)
Days 335-365 of my first project 365. I can't believe I finished, and I didn't miss a day!! Wow. I'm really happy, and a bit sad.
My photos weren't all masterpieces - in fact, most of them were just average. But having to take the camera out every day made me look more closely at the world around me, and made me a better photographer.
Project 365 ~ Day 365
This is the last day of my first Project 365. I have taken at least one photo per day since June 1 of last year. I can't believe I made it!
So for my last entry, I thought this photo was appropriate - a young evergreen that is inexplicably growing up through the asphalt in my office parking lot.
Photo taken May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 364
I love this shot of Auto - how green his eyes are...
Photo taken on May 30, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 363
The moon is just past full - at 98% it is just beginning to wane. It was low in the sky, so I converted to B&W to show more contrast.
Photo taken on May 29, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 362
I sold my 17-55 today, and here is a final look before it's swathed in bubble wrap and tucked away to a new home...
Photo taken on May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 361
The sparrows were crazy today - they ate an entire bird feeder full in under 6 hours!
Effect achieved with Topaz Simplify
Photo taken May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 359
I caught this sparrow just as he left his perch on the hydro wire.
Photo taken May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 357
The series finale of Lost was tonight, and I was so moved that I pulled over 300 screen grabs from the special that aired before it, and created this collage. The finale has sparked a great deal of reaction, both very positive and terribly negative. I loved it, and thought it a worthy ending to an incredible show.
Image created May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 356
The sparrows take shelter in the pine tree.
Photo taken May 22, 2010
Project 365 ~ Day 355
Last spring storm. Over 6 inches of wet snow breaking branches and pulling down power lines. To add insult to injury - it's May long weekend, when camping and planting gardens is the norm...
Photo taken May 21, 2010
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